Impact & Social Good Startups

Agtonomy embeds artificial intelligence into industrial equipment used in agriculture and off-road industries to enable autonomous operation and improve productivity. The company serves operators and growers by providing automation solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and sustainability.

7 investors

Cariloop provides digital and human-centered support services to relieve stress and anxiety experienced by family caregivers. The platform serves individuals managing the care of aging parents, children, and other loved ones.

7 investors

Circuit operates all-electric, tech-enabled shuttle services that provide free, on-demand first/last-mile connections to mass transit and short local trips, working with cities and advertisers. The service operates across 40+ US markets and has provided over 8 million rides.

7 investors

Flex provides a platform that allows renters to make flexible and predictable rental payments, helping households manage financial volatility while providing property managers operational stability. The company also offers eviction prevention support programs through Flex for Good.

7 investors

GoFundMe is an online fundraising platform, launched in 2010, that lets individuals and organizations raise money and support each other. Through its 2022 acquisition of Classy, now GoFundMe Pro, it also provides fundraising software for nonprofit organizations.

7 investors

Grapevine operates a platform for Giving Circles that enables groups to pool donations, manage members, and direct funds to nonprofits. The platform serves collaborative giving communities seeking to amplify their philanthropic impact.

7 investors

Hinge is a dating app that helps people find relationships by having users build detailed profiles and answer prompts to spark conversations and matches. It focuses on facilitating real dates rather than maximizing app engagement.

7 investors

Honeycomb Credit runs an investment crowdfunding platform where individuals can invest in local small businesses, such as breweries, restaurants, and shops, in exchange for potential returns. It connects a community of over 18,000 investors with more than 500 local business owners.

7 investors

HumanCo invests in and incubates mission-driven consumer companies in categories such as food and beverage, beauty, personal care, household products, and consumer health technology, focusing on better-for-you products that help people live healthier lives. It supports its partner companies with resources across data science, go-to-market, operations, R&D, and finance to accelerate their growth.

7 investors

Instrumentl is a SaaS platform for nonprofits and social enterprises to discover, track, and manage grant funding opportunities. It automates grant discovery and grant management for the nonprofit sector.

7 investors

Lami provides a digital platform that enables insurance agents in sub-Saharan Africa to access quotes, connect with customers, and manage sales. The company focuses on expanding insurance accessibility to underserved populations across remote areas through a network of dedicated agents.

7 investors

Lootex operated a non-custodial multi-chain NFT marketplace and minting/creation tools across 8 blockchains for creators, game developers, and traders. The company is sunsetting its consumer Web3 products (going offline April 4, 2026), open-sourcing its infrastructure, and pivoting to full-stack AI web application development services for other teams.

7 investors

Making Space is a talent acquisition and learning platform that helps disabled professionals build skills, find community, and secure meaningful employment, while providing employers with accessible hiring and retention support. The company also operates consulting and media divisions focused on disability inclusion and accessibility across organizations.

7 investors

Neopenda develops health-technology devices for neonatal care in emerging markets, specifically serving healthcare facilities in underserved populations. The company, structured as a public benefit corporation, focuses on innovative products to improve health outcomes in resource-limited settings.

7 investors

Numida provides digital financial services including credit, savings, insurance, and payments to micro and small businesses in Africa. The company uses data-driven insights to build financial products tailored for growth.

7 investors

Pigeonly is a subscription-based platform that helps people locate and communicate with incarcerated loved ones, offering reduced-cost prison calls and the ability to send printed photos and greeting cards from a phone, tablet, or computer. It is built on a proprietary inmate-search API that organizes Federal, State, and County records to track inmate locations across prison facilities.

7 investors

Submittable provides a social impact platform that organizations use to launch, manage, and measure grant and application-based social impact programs. It serves companies, governments, and philanthropic organizations worldwide.

7 investors

Vibrant Planet Data Commons is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that generates and publicly shares scientific research on environmental risks, particularly focused on wildfire resilience and forest science. The organization collaborates with researchers and funders to expand participation in environmental science and data analytics beyond traditional scientific communities.

7 investors

Voiceitt provides real-time captioning for Microsoft Teams that supports non-standard speakers, including people with speech disabilities, Deaf individuals, and those with accented English. The company builds voice AI technology to make speech recognition accessible to underrepresented speaker populations.

7 investors

Who Gives A Crap sells toilet paper made from 100% bamboo, including premium double-length rolls, direct to consumers. The company donates 50% of its profits to sanitation and community projects.

7 investors

Aidaly professionalizes family caregiving by connecting and supporting family caregivers to recognize their economic contribution. The company aims to formalize and value unpaid care work that traditionally goes unrecognized in economic metrics.

6 investors

AmorSui manufactures reusable personal protective equipment (PPE) designed to be more durable, sustainable, and inclusive than traditional disposable options. The company serves healthcare workers and other occupational safety professionals with machine-washable PPE that incorporates circular economy principles and inclusive sizing.

6 investors

APLANET provides an ESG data management and analysis platform that helps companies organize, measure, and report on environmental, social, and governance metrics. The software connects organizations' value chains to sustainability goals and enables data-driven decision-making for profitable business transformation.

6 investors

Aquatic Informatics offers a donation program called Ripple Effect that provides grants to non-profit organizations conducting work in water-related and environmental areas, with preference for those sharing data publicly.

6 investors